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Emmitt Smith may be best
known among sports fans as a former Dallas Cowboys powerhouse, the National
Football League’s
all-time leading rusher, and a 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. He may
be widely recognized by reality TV watchers as the dance-floor champion of hit
series “Dancing
With the Stars.”
But in commercial real estate, Smith is a star in his own right for earning the
CCIM designation and proudly adding the coveted CCIM pin to his lapel last
fall.
After his long and successful
NFL career, Smith set his sights on real estate and embarked on the path to the
pin. “Earning
the CCIM designation means a great deal to me,” he said. “It shows that I went through the complete program,
did the work, and showed commitment. It lets my peers know that I can do the
work.”
Smith co-founded and currently serves as CEO
and co-chairman of ESmith Legacy, a Dallas-based commercial real estate
development and asset management firm with projects in New York, Baltimore, and
Phoenix.
“I
am willing to do whatever it takes to become the person I need to be so I can
achieve the goals I have set for myself,” Smith says about his journey to success in his new
book, Game On: Find Your Purpose — Pursue Your Dream.